Swimming & Diving

Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois Take Home Weekly Swimmer Awards

Nov 21, 2017

ELMHURST, Ill. – Western Illinois's Erica Hagen was tabbed The Summit League Women's Swimmer of the Week for the first time in her career, while Eastern Illinois's Matt Jacobs earned his second career Men's Swimmer of the Week honor. Both posted league-leading times in their respective events at the House of Champions.

WOMEN'S SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

ERICA HAGEN, WESTERN ILLINOIS
Jr. // Lisle, Ill.

Named Summit League Swimmer of the Week for the first time in her career

First Western Illinois Women's Swimmer of the Week since Dec. 18, 2012 (Megan Popp)

Broke the school record in both the 100 and 200 breast at the House of Champions

ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Through 35 years of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of nearly 100,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University with the University of North Dakota becoming an official member on July 1, 2018. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced nine NCAA Champions along with over 90 Academic All-Americans, nearly 100 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague.